Food Network star, acclaimed chef, and restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian is looking to invest $250,000 of his resources for the next rising star in the restaurant world. Geoffrey presents eight talented chefs with the opportunity to take the next step in their culinary career with challenges to determine who has what it takes to run their first restaurant. When it comes to developing and operating a successful restaurant, there is no one with more knowledge than Geoffrey, and he is putting his reputation on the line to lift up a new generation of chefs competing to make their restaurant vision come true.
Throughout the competition the aspiring restaurateurs must prove they can develop a restaurant and make it profitable from the ground up in real world challenges that put their culinary and business expertise to the test, including the creation of a full menu for their proposed restaurant in a grand tasting to impress Geoffrey and his advisors. In another episode, the chefs tackle the challenges associated with running a restaurant's front of house as they each take turns helping the guests. But what the chefs don't know is Geoffrey has filled the restaurant with actors meant to cause havoc and see how the competitors react on their worst day. The two chefs who advance to the finale take on the hardest test of their life, operating their dream culinary concept in a restaurant takeover, complete with overseeing staffing and cooking for real diners. Which chef will Geoffrey decide to invest his time and energy into and make their dreams come true?
Rating: 6.20/10 (avg out of 29 votes)
Big Restaurant Bet Airs: Tuesday
Big Restaurant Bet Status: Break
Returns: Unknown
BIG RESTAURANT BET - General Information
Series Premiere: April 05, 2022 Classification: Reality Genre: Reality-TV Network: Food Network Airs: Tuesday at 10:00 pm Runtime: 60 Minutes
BIG RESTAURANT BET - Season 1 -- 6 Episodes
1x1 -- Apr 05, 2022 -- You Can't Phone In a Chicken! 1x2 -- Apr 12, 2022 -- I Smell Money! 1x3 -- Apr 19, 2022 -- A Menu is Not a Throwaway! 1x4 -- Apr 26, 2022 -- What Kind of Recipe is This?! 1x5 -- May 03, 2022 -- The Very Worst Possible Day! 1x6 -- May 10, 2022 -- It's Yours to Lose!